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From a release<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n HALIFAX:<\/strong> The government passed legislation that will help workers and create an environment for improved economic growth during the latest session of the House of Assembly, which ended September 20. \u201cOur legislation supports workers and families, will help industry grow to create rural jobs, and ensures we can keep building homes to tackle the housing crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “This session also saw the members of the legislature debate important issues impacting Nova Scotians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “While in the legislature we repeated calls to end the federal carbon tax \u2013 the federal government\u2019s tax costs Nova Scotians nearly $400 million per year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”210″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”192″] \u201cWe will continue to advocate for the best deal for Nova Scotians.\u201d \u201c<\/strong>We have a strategic and sustainable plan to grow our population over the long-term,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ottawa\u2019s plan to suddenly send 6,000 asylum seekers to our province is unsustainable and wouldn\u2019t be in the best interest of Nova Scotians.\u201d ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”71″] – Act to Establish a Department of Emergency Management and the Nova Scotia Guard Act<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Health Professional Associations Continuation Act<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Stronger Workplaces for Nova Scotia Act<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Interim Residential Rental Increase Cap Act and Residential Tenancies Act<\/p>\n\n\n\n – Advancing Nova Scotia Opportunities Act<\/p>\n\n\n\n – French-language Services Act<\/p>\n\n\n\n – the NDP\u2019s Intimate Partner Violence Epidemic Act<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”92″] [adrotate banner=”169″] [adrotate banner=”127″] From a release HALIFAX: The government passed legislation that will help workers and create an environment for improved economic growth during the latest session of the House of Assembly, which ended September 20. \u201cWe are standing up for Nova Scotians and will continue to do so,\u201d said Premier Tim Houston. \u201cOur […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[7413,50,48,5623,2517,1126],"class_list":["post-48535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-economic-growth","tag-halifax","tag-n-s","tag-n-s-legislature","tag-premier-tim-houston","tag-province"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cWe are standing up for Nova Scotians and will continue to do so,\u201d said Premier Tim Houston. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The legislature also debated matters such as the Chignecto Isthmus and the federal government\u2019s proposal to send more asylum seekers to Nova Scotia.
\u201cOur position on the isthmus is clear \u2013 we believe this is a federal project,\u201d said Houston. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Premier Houston said the federal proposal to send more asylum seekers to Nova Scotia is unacceptable.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis session showed we are driving hard bargains on behalf of Nova Scotians. Whether infrastructure or immigration, we want what is best for the people of Nova Scotia,\u201d said Houston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Legislation passed this session includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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